Blockchain

Modern finance spent decades building markets around a common architecture: recognized venues, set trading hours and benchmark prices that anchored everyone else.

The proposed law aims to create a legal framework for digitising and tokenising immovable properties using blockchain technology, unlocking land value while improving transaction efficiency

The pilot will enable participating banks to support round-the-clock cross-border payments using tokenised deposits while settling transactions through existing payment systems

The global messaging network said 17 banks, including HSBC, Citigroup, BNY Mellon, Standard Chartered and UBS, will pilot live cross-border transactions using tokenised deposits

Faster blockchain systems could limit regulators' crisis response

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Venture capital firm Hashed Emergent's CEO Tak Lee on why India's Web3 startups are building necessities, not luxuries

The move, as described by Commerce Department officials, will create another avenue - not a replacement - for publishing the economic data

The Yogi government will invest over ₹10,700 crore to develop India's first 'AI City' in Lucknow

Gupta maintained that customer funds on the platform were not compromised since they were parked on a cold wallet infrastructure

Crypto platforms need to integrate automation and intelligence into a unified security stack, run well-compensated bug bounty programmes, and have stringent KYC protocols in place

Stablecoins are digital assets that are designed to maintain a stable value relative to a specific reference asset, like a fiat currency such as the US dollar

CoinDCX offers up to 25% bounty after $44.2 mn theft. Firm seeks white-hat help in crypto recovery, amid rising cyberattacks on Indian exchanges

Sandeep Nailwal will lead the Polygon Foundation with a product-first vision, focused on scaling Agglayer, evolving Polygon PoS, and boosting ecosystem value

World Liberty Financial, owned by Trump family, partners with Pakistan Crypto Council to boost blockchain adoption and DeFi integration

In a key move in the development of Pakistan's financial technology sector, the Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC) and World Liberty Financial (WLF) officially signed a series of agreements aimed at promoting investment and innovation in the crypto industry. The signing ceremony held on Saturday was attended by Minister for Information Ata Tarar, CEO of Pakistan Crypto Council Bilal Bin Saeed, the WLF co-chairman Zack Vetkoff and other officials. According to a press statement by the finance ministry, the US delegation comprised Zachary Folkman, Chase Herro and Zachary Witkoff, the son of Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff. (The) WLF ... has signed a landmark Letter of Intent with the PCC to accelerate blockchain innovation, stablecoin adoption and decentralised finance integration across Pakistan, it stated. The delegation also met the prime minister, chief of army staff, deputy prime minister, information and defence ministers to formalise cooperation, marking a major step toward ...

PwC India has announced the launch of its first-ever startup accelerator programme 'Emerging Tech Startup Challenge' geared to empower startups in the emerging technology space to refine their solutions and bolster market penetration. The accelerator programme is aimed at driving innovation and supporting India's vibrant startup ecosystem by providing mentorship, consulting expertise, and strategic guidance. Announcing the launch of 'Emerging Tech Startup Challenge', PwC India said the programme is open to all India-based startups working across the areas of artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, blockchain/Web 3.0, space tech, Industry 4.0, and spatial reality, among others. "We would be excited to see wide ranging innovations across industries in B2B/B2C segments, such as, retail and consumer, manufacturing, financial services, infrastructure, healthcare and telecom," it said. Over three months, 15 selected startups will benefit from access to mentorship from subject matte

The crypto world was caught by surprise when the "official" Trump memecoin was released late on Jan. 17 by the former crypto skeptic turned supporter

JioCoins are blockchain-based reward tokens that users can earn for engaging with different mobile or internet-based apps as decided by Jio Platforms

Blockchain collaboration aims to expand Web3 applications beyond cryptocurrency for Jio's vast customer base